The SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) unveiled plans for its sixth annual celebration of NANOvember, highlighted by a statewide outreach effort that will share the world of nanoscale education and research – as well as its educational and economic opportunities – with thousands of New Yorkers in locations across the state.

Mexico’s competition authority has again rejected Sherwin-Williams’ bid to acquire Mexican paint company Consorcio Comex S.A. de C.V.

Hoover Container Solutions (Hoover), a subsidiary of Hoover Group Inc., has acquired the assets of Tote Systems LLC, Liquid Division, a provider of stainless steel intermediate bulk containers (IBC) in the United States.

Specialty chemicals company Clariant announced third-quarter 2013 sales from continuing operations of CHF 1,443 billion compared to CHF 1,489 billion in the prior-year period.

AkzoNobel has strengthened its manufacturing footprint in India by opening a new €20 million decorative paints plant in Gwalior.

Specialty chemicals company Clariant has opened a new €100 million Clariant Innovation Center (CIC) in Frankfurt, Germany.

LANXESS recently hosted the eighth “Innovation Management Round Table,” part of a series of events conceived and organized by the gas and electric utility RWE.

BASF Corp. has named four distributors with territorial exclusivity for the company’s distribution sales channel for the Diols and Polyalcohols product lines BASF offers to the coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers (CASE) markets in North America.

Specialty chemicals company Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc., Woodridge, IL, has authorized the next stage of its second world-scale biorefinery in Natchez, MS, in order to expand production of its Inherent™ renewable building blocks.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched two new web resources to assist companies with keeping workers safe.